A British cheerleader for Chinese nationalism: Martin Jacques on “Japan’s resurgent nationalism”

Kenn Nakata Steffensen Prescript This was originally written and never published on the day after Martin Jacques’ article appeared in The Guardian. Now that his book When China rules the world (London: Allen Lane, 2009) is out, I felt it was time to air my doubts about his analysis of East Asian international relations. I [...]

Anglocentrism, Orientalism and not so funny accents on Radio 4

Some thoughts provoked by “Me, Putin and judo” BBC Radio 4, 11:00 GMT, Friday 9th January 2009 Kenn Nakata Steffensen Orientalism is fundamentally a political doctrine willed over the Orient because the Orient was weaker than the West, which elided the Orient’s difference with its weakness. . . . As a cultural apparatus Orientalism is [...]

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